How to fix error with xml2-config not found when installing PHP from sources?

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When I try to install php 5.3 stable from source on Ubuntu (downloading compressed installation file from http://www.php.net/downloads.php) and I run ./configure I get this error:

configure: error: xml2-config not found. Please check your libxml2 installation.

Related: [How to fix PHP installation when xml2-config is missing?](http://superuser.com/questions/740399/how-to-install-php5-3-instead-of-php5-5-in-linux) — kenorb, Nov 12 '14 at 14:30

score 473 · Accepted Answer · edited Nov 20 '14 at 17:42

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All you need to do instal install package libxml2-dev for example:

sudo apt-get install libxml2-dev

On CentOS/RHEL:

sudo yum install libxml2-devel

edited Nov 20 '14 at 17:42

radtek

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answered Nov 11 '13 at 10:30

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I'm using centos 6.4, for me the package was called libxml2-devel – msknapp May 17 '14 at 19:27
the same error is for installing php 5.5 in centos 7 – TroodoN-Mike Aug 13 '14 at 08:07
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for the error in centos 7 run: sudo yum install libxml2-devel – TroodoN-Mike Aug 13 '14 at 10:43
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Does anyone know why the dev version is required over the standard `libxml2` package? – jlewkovich Aug 27 '15 at 14:42
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@JLewkovich I'd assume it's because the dev version contains the source code or something. As far as I can tell, if you compile something from source you must also have the source code for all it's dependencies. – starbeamrainbowlabs Oct 10 '15 at 10:56
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This answer still applies to PHP7 for any PHP7 experimenters coming here – samrap Oct 11 '15 at 05:41
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I install php7.10, and my libxml2-dev is installed, but the same error occured. – Frank Dec 15 '16 at 09:45
I get libxml2-dev : Depends: libxml2 (= 2.9.3+dfsg1-1ubuntu0.5) but 2.9.4-1+deb.sury.org~xenial+2 is to be installed – Francisco Luz Feb 17 '18 at 22:42
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This command allowed me to install R packages XML and rlist since they depend on libxml2 to work. – nonameable Oct 23 '19 at 18:27

Максим Тарасенко · Answer 2 · 2016-02-13T13:38:31.867

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For the latest versions it is needed to install libxml++2.6-dev like that:

apt-get install libxml++2.6-dev

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answered Feb 13 '16 at 13:32

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score 11 · Answer 3 · edited Mar 20 '21 at 07:51

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I had the same issue when I used a DockerFile. My Docker is based on the php:5.5-apache image.

I got that error when executing the command RUN docker-php-ext-install soap

I have solved it by adding the following command to my Dockerfile:

RUN apt-get update && apt-get install -y libxml2-dev

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Dmitry Leiko · Answer 4 · 2020-02-07T21:03:46.173

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Ubuntu, Debian:

sudo apt install libxml2-dev

Centos:

sudo yum install libxml2-devel

edited Feb 07 '20 at 21:03

answered Feb 06 '20 at 12:39

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score 0 · Answer 5 · answered Dec 16 '19 at 02:11

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this solution it gonna be ok on Redhat 8.0

sudo yum install libxml2-devel

answered Dec 16 '19 at 02:11

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score 0 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 01 '20 at 18:08

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OpenSuse

"sudo zypper install libxml2-devel"

It will install any other dependencies or required packages/libraries

answered Apr 01 '20 at 18:08

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How to fix error with xml2-config not found when installing PHP from sources?

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